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The Yakima River Headwaters TU Chapter recently completed the first of many...

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The Yakima River Headwaters TU Chapter recently completed the first of many events on Crystal Creek, an intermittent tributary of the Yakima. Historically, the area of Roslyn and Ronald, WA were mining towns, and Crystal Creek bears the legacy of those operations. Smaller tributaries and springs [ READ MORE... ]

In drought conditions, fish and wildlife will change their behaviors to avoid stressors - predators, water temperatures, and other recreational activities where human interactions can impact today's and future generations.
In our closed or restricted streams and rivers in the headwaters, suction [ READ MORE... ]

This steelhead didn't make it out of the Pajaro River, on California's central coast, before it dried up.
July 16, 2015. Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2898, the Western Water and American Food Security Act, a bill largely driven by members representing California’s Central [ READ MORE... ]

One of about a million things that I love about working in conservation is the fact that you tend to work with great people. Bright, innovative people with a desire to use their business to give back to conservation. Let me introduce you to one of them, our newest TU Business member.
I think I met [ READ MORE... ]

What's big and loud and exciting and fun in Orlando? Could be any one of a dozen different theme parks and vacation destinations. The Mouse, Harry Potter, Universal Studios - they're all here. But they're not the drawing card for us. We're here at the International Fly Tackle Dealer trade show. And [ READ MORE... ]

Steve Moyer, Trout Unlimited's VP of government affairs, discusses the Clean Water Rule at a rally at Snitz Creek Brewery on July 13.
By Mark Taylor
LEBANON, Pa. -- At Snitz Creek Brewery, beer and trout are closely intertwined.
Brews on tap include Opening Day IPA, Brown Trout Stout and the [ READ MORE... ]

What a winning fly looks like compared to its unused brother from the Utah Single Fly Tournament on the Green River
By Brett Prettyman
Rumors of the demise of the Trout Unlimited Single Fly Tournament on Utah’s Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam were greatly exaggerated – at least for a while. The [ READ MORE... ]

Satterlee Creek, an intermittent stream in Bradford County, Pa., is one that has been named and claimed by the community.
“Oh, that must be Fishing Creek.”
If you’re crossing a bridge somewhere in Pennsylvania, it’s a pretty safe answer if someone asks you, “What stream is that?”
I’ve never done [ READ MORE... ]

“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, [ READ MORE... ]

The second annual STREAM Girls event was held on June 19th and 20th, in Wisconsin's Jordan Park, along the Plover River. It is a collaborative event between Trout Unlimited and the Girl Scouts of America, and we were very excited to get our girls involved and learning about water once again!
STREAM [ READ MORE... ]